Yes, I went to BlissDom and it was super-fabulous-amazing and I would go again in a heartbeat.

But I know there are 700 other wonderful ladies & gentlemen posting in the blogosphere about who they met, what they wore, etc., so I’m going to do something different. I’m going to tell you some {super-short & you’re welcome in advance} stories about my BlissDom experience.

When Kristi and I checked in at the conference we picked up our name tags and über fabulous swag bags. We got back to the room and started going through all of the wonderful gifts. All right, we were especially excited for & searched for the jewelry first. Don’t judge, we’re both one-track-minded, creative, crafty, handmade bloggers and we just couldn’t resist the little brown boxes with the pretty bows.

Captivated.

Kristi was ooohing and aaahing her new necklace from The Vintage Pearl first {I’m kinda slow.} When I dug my box out of the bag I opened the box to the lovely white cushiony-pillowy stuff that goes in the box… and nothing else.

Empty.

We decided we would go back to registration to remedy the mistake, because really that’s all it could have been. Organizing 700 of anything and there’s bound to be at least a couple of oops-a-daisies. But, registration was a brick wall – I could have been talking to a brick and the outcome would have been the same. But that’s another story for another day. Maybe.

Content.

So I decided to just get over it and get on with it. What the heck, right? I was in a great place, with great people and this was not going to get me down. Not in the least. At one of our first sessions I was sitting at the table, alone, because I kid you not Kristi is a social butterfly on steroids. A lady approached my table and introduced herself as Erin Edwards from The Vintage Pearl. Inside my brain I was like oohemmgee SHE is standing 6 inches away from me! When I came out of my celebrity induced haze Erin was telling me that my friend ran into her and explained my situation to her. Kristi told her I would never have approached her on my own {true} and would never have told my empty box story {also, very true.} But when Erin found out she had one of her associates go an get one of their swag bag necklaces {because honestly they didn’t need them, they made them} and she came over to my table and gave it to me.

Over-The-Moon!

Erin also told me, though I already knew, how lucky I was to have a friend like Kristi.

So, here’s to friendship, new and long-term – and may you always have a friend who will move a body for you {or get you jewelry, because that’s important, too.}

xoxo